Everything about Kangol totally explained
Kangol is a clothing
company famous for its
headwear.
Founded in
Cleator,
Cumbria,
England in 1938 by Jakob Spreiregen, Kangol (the K from
silK or Knitting or Knitted, the ANG from
angora, the OL from
wool) produced hats for workers, golfers, and especially soldiers - they were the major
beret suppliers to the armed forces during
World War II, including famously
Field Marshal Montgomery.
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During and after the war, Kangol berets were the height of fashion. In the 1960s, designers Mary Quant and Pierre Cardin worked with the company, whose products graced the heads of the rich and famous, including
the Beatles and
Arnold Palmer, and later
Princess Diana. The company also supplied uniformed organisations such as the
Scout Association.
In the 1980s Kangol berets entered a new phase of fashion history with their adoption by members of the
hip-hop community, such as
Run-DMC,
LL Cool J, Slick Rick, and
Kangol Kid of
UTFO. The release of more consciously stylish products in the 1990s such as the furgora (angora-wool mix) Spitfire, was helped by its presence upon the head of
Samuel L. Jackson in 1997.
Kevin Eubanks, bandleader for
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, sports a Kangol beret on an almost nightly basis.
In December 2001 the licence to manufacture and sell headwear was sold to the Bollman hat company who are based in
Adamstown, Pennsylvania. Shortly after, the last of the factories in the
UK (the
Frizington site) was also closed with production being transferred to factories in the
Far East and particularly a wholly owned factory in
Panyu just across the border from
Hong Kong.
The brand is currently run from a small office in
London with a handful of employees overseeing what was once a substantial British business.
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